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infinityskyline
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Jan 27, 2021 6:48 AM UTC
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Audit log with extra information

My project has requirement to log all user activities.. i.e., what all is happening in the environment and by whom. I have enabled  audit logging feature in AEM by going to http://localhost:4502/system/console/slinglog -> change the log level of logs/audit.log to DEBUG.

 

This solves my purpose and logs all the user activities but it doesn't log what content changes has been made. For example, if value of a property is changed from "Hello World" to "Hello Earth" I want to log both old and new values, if not both at least the new value.

 

Is this possible? If not using audit log, can be done with custom logs or any workflows?

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Sanket_Kumbharkhane
Sanket_KumbharkhaneAccepted solution
Level 4
Jan 27, 2021 12:42 PM UTC

You can use an event listener to listen to all the activities on your website. Create a separate class and log all the activities in info mode. 

  1. NODE_ADDED
  2. NODE_MOVED
  3. NODE_REMOVED
  4. Event.PERSIST
  5. PROPERTY_ADDED
  6. PROPERTY_CHANGED
  7. PROPERTY_REMOVED

https://aem.redquark.org/2018/10/day-14-eventing-in-aem.html

 

and then register that class with a new log file name at

http://localhost:4502/system/console/slinglog

 

Note: Its better to add more restriction to listen to those events like

a. listen only for cq: page 

b. under a specific  parent folder

c. Strictly for Author

as per the requirement.

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joerghoh
joerghoh
Employee
Jan 31, 2021 5:31 PM UTC

As already stated, it's not useful to log all repository changes, because 1) you have to filter out the changes caused by system processes 2) no one will ever review these changes, 3) they slow down the system and 4) consume a lot of storage.

 

For what purpose do you need the audit log? What is the livecycle of these audit log data, how long do you want/need to keep them?

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    kiranparab
    Level 3
    Jan 27, 2021 1:32 PM UTC

    Hi,

     

    You don't have to write any custom code for listeners instead you can go with ACS commons available feature Audit log serch

     

    https://adobe-consulting-services.github.io/acs-aem-commons/features/audit-log-search/index.html

     

    It will Trace all the Audit log depends on your Event Type like Page created, Page deleted, etc.. and provide the required information as needed till the date Audit log is available in instance. Purging for Audit log should not happen for that particular date.

     

     

     

    Thanks,

    Kiran Parab

     

     

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      infinityskylineAuthor
      Level 2
      Jan 27, 2021 4:30 PM UTC
      But this is to search audit log, which I am not bothered right now. I am bothered about the nature of log audit log has.
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      Sanket_Kumbharkhane
      Sanket_KumbharkhaneAccepted solution
      Level 4
      Jan 27, 2021 12:42 PM UTC

      You can use an event listener to listen to all the activities on your website. Create a separate class and log all the activities in info mode. 

      1. NODE_ADDED
      2. NODE_MOVED
      3. NODE_REMOVED
      4. Event.PERSIST
      5. PROPERTY_ADDED
      6. PROPERTY_CHANGED
      7. PROPERTY_REMOVED

      https://aem.redquark.org/2018/10/day-14-eventing-in-aem.html

       

      and then register that class with a new log file name at

      http://localhost:4502/system/console/slinglog

       

      Note: Its better to add more restriction to listen to those events like

      a. listen only for cq: page 

      b. under a specific  parent folder

      c. Strictly for Author

      as per the requirement.

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        infinityskylineAuthor
        Level 2
        Jan 29, 2021 12:03 PM UTC
        @sanket_kumbharkhane I have created eventlistener class to achieve event handling at the JCR level. Everything is working as given in the example. But how can I achieve value of the property on PROPERTY_CHANGED or PROPERTY_ADDED event?
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        Kiran_Vedantam
        Kiran_Vedantam
        New Participant
        Jan 27, 2021 12:29 PM UTC

        Hi @infinityskyline,

         

        For logging all the user-level activities, you can write a filter and log them to a custom log. Related thread here.

         

        If you need only the content level changes, you can write some listeners and can log the activities. Please find my blog for the annotations here.

         

        Hope this helps!

         

        Thanks,

        Kiran Vedantam.

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